New-York tribune., 1887-05-15
FROM THE GOLDEN STATE
p.1r OF GOVERNMENT LAND-A MAGNlfl-
0"NN CENT DINING-ROoM.
ruv TrIECRAPH 10 THE TRIBuNE.I

inv TELEGRAPH THE rRIBuNE.l
.vc,sc,. Nav 14-The Point Lobos ilPht-
DAN -,,s,io,. a ouarter of mile north OF the
,s us.,ao was sold this week by the Governmeh'
IN n'-s,.os,sr Bryan of this city. This land mas
-, claimed for some years by Adoiph ou.fo W.
ssr;vad his title from the previous owner "'o
= dood from the city. Sntro bases his cisiui Vn 80.
Cot that two appropriations were made ioi IL
bonse nj this poiut aud repudlaten, anu a-,rnent
house Nv 80 ' oltoned the title The Government
claim rests on the REIMBURSEMENT by tne ois To7s
Ir~ao.ol Covernment of the lighthouse Sue III
.,,o.,ior ;s ;mnortant as the land Is Va'u"o
to ro;,rood terminal facilities. IL Is saiu '
-, ~. ho,,rh+ - for S1O7, 900 for the oou'neiN
"a. Con,n.rv which propose TO utilize ~ 40
"o'nO f;,. t,vo svstems of cable railroao ii'0,
49,, soos,de hotel will also be built ini,
ois Tho beach. as it commands iar i'oio
the nno low than the Cliff House on ou"o
Y.I. The visitors to Ocean beacn "i0 ~
e.,s thot some arrangement Will nave W o0 No. '"-1
for ,he,r entertainment, as the Cin houo0
accommodate more than limited hu'no'i'
The recent high tides have done cons'u'," t,,i,t
~. in0 90 Sntros aanarium which is being pui'.
g, tha little cove where the sensational "lo0N "
,ho schooner Parallel occurred Inc hoou s" -
ore broken by the enormous pressure -
ocean and huge body OF water rusneu up o,rov
tbetunnel aud flooded the aquarium carry ins ~
sor,a Of the wall and leaving five feet OF waVcr ih
the aquarium.
Tho ict trustees have issued proposals toi oe-
s;ons for statuary to be erected III Irou' " Wv
now Citv Hall One hundred thousauu "oNal'
were left for this purpose by James LICK who o.i
mated that thr,e bronze groups shou'u ' 80
os representations of the three decades VI O"''iu
n;o history. The statuarv will be placed on the
I've hi. cohorts. and where O'Donuell preached
the anti-C Chinese crusade every Sunday
The Lick House, on Montgomery-st' wh'cn ms
the finest dining room on the RACINE co"''' VA
coon he sold. as the trustees are compeiieu
- tho estate 1t is rumored that
senotor Fair will buy the hotel and Will convert IL
;nto stores and Offices The hotel rooms are so large
,ho, IL conld not be made to pay without rauica.
on,odoIlino The dining room is the full heispt Vi
,ho hotaI is lighted entirely from above Is hnSheu
IN laure and other choice native woods anu III pA-
els are paintings of California scenery.
R;sbon Kin. of the Protestant Episcopal Church'
hos ratnrned from Southern California much I'M
nroved in health His reception at his reSiusuoe
Thprsdav evening, in honor of the Episcopailan
Convention. was largely attended, more tnan @oo
ouests being present The Bishop VIII soon reVHo
and there is already much discussion over MS s"o-
cossor The Convention voted to pay S1O'Ooo ar
rcars Of salary to the Bishop debt which the no
cese had owed him for thirteen years IL aiso
decided to incorporate.
suev Gum. the Chinese woman who fed to the
Christian mission in this city TO escape
life in brothel, was finally Ieieaseu
from tho enbezzlement charge brought against her
nv the highbnders These rascas used the courts,
as thev have often done. to further their piahs oi
IhnxY
getting the woman back into slavery lhey SUE
eeeded in delaying her sailing to China so tna' se
lost all her clothes. and they frightened the woman
who fed with her and who expected TO return 10
China by threats that their agents IN Hong hong
,vonid murder her She concluded not 10 SAIL and
married Young Chinaman who was smitten with
her charms.
IL is said that the reports OF frost IN sonoma anu
Mana Valleys have been much exaggerated ana
that local wine dealers who have cornered the STOCK
of vine have aided in spreading the news OF naIl- @
ace in or Ter 10 boom prices Another factor IN ihe
same movement is the new process OF condenslng
wine must which, 1T is claimed, VIII permit stol-
ace or shipment of wine must and its conversion
into wine when the owner chooses. Inc ppSh pS,vIh'
has been bought by IL o. D1Uar'H hnt HticnItur. %
q large wine maker o! Los Angeles puU Ni''|u''
lists are sceptlcal OF its success
Emil Carlson the new director of the California
School of design, has arrived from New-YOrG. he
succeeds the late Virgil Williams in the manage
ment of the Art School, whicn Is IN a flourlsnlng
condition and numbers among Its graduates some
promising young ARTISTS
II was reported recently that Mrs Maekay wonId
soon return here rent the CrOcker Mansion on NOD
Hill and give receptions that w0uld eclipse any
thing ever seen here John w. Mackay saws there
s no ruth IN the report she will not come back
for three years.
The bio brownstone mansion Of the Floods is shut
mp and the storm-d0or closes the entrance 10 Tue
handsome vestlbule. The entire family mas gone 10
Paso Robles Springs for a months vacation.
Among the San Francisc0nians who will spend
the summer at Santa Barbara are Mrs. Loyu lcTIs'
Mrs Gordon Blanding Mrs Frederick Sharon MIS-.
Milton S. Latham and Mrs. Carlton &. Coleman
Thomas Price a we-knOwn assayer OF tins city,
County mines saws that hydraulic mining is prac-
ticqlly shut down in the state, but that tne Chl-
nese who are working over old taliings, WIN pan
and rocker are dong much TO shoal the sacra-
mentO and other streams
The graders for the Southern Pacific Railroad at
Point RlncOn, in Santa Barbara County, nave un-.
earthed many curious Indian Iehcs and bones OF
sea-monsters which would be a valuable addltloh
10 any museum. 4 living stream OF oil was also
found and much difficulty was experienced IN put,
ling out the flames after the oil had been hghted
TO test 1t.
The experiment of raising olive and camphor
gum trees near Santa Cruz has been successluI.
DR. IllliencrantZ, who bought the ola SDrecKles
ranch of 500 acres Op;0s has set out the most
pf IL to these trees all Of which are IN thriving con-
dtion.
PURIFYING CHICAGO.
MONOPOLIES - AMATEUR AND PROBES